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Sector leader

Alex Neil

Former SNP Government Health Secretary

Press citations

1

Topic

1

Hospital discharge / bed-blocking

Last quoted

Sept 2026

Alex Neil: key facts

Kind of voice
Sector leader
Role
Former SNP Government Health Secretary
Quoted on
Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
Press citations held
1
Most recently quoted
30 Sept 2026

“Governance, prevention and people have to be at the heart of the urgent reform that is required. Scotland is not short of good ideas, but implementation has long been where we fall down.”

Where Alex Neil has been quoted

  1. John Swinney humiliated as SNP health expert tells him to rip up flagship NHS plan - and copy Englandscottishdailyexpress.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026

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